Faculty Development

A Positive Learning Environment: Preventing Mistreatment

About this module

The learning environment is an accreditation standard and a moral obligation. This module covers mistreatment recognition, reporting systems students actually trust, and bystander skills.

Related LCME elements

Every module states its LCME elements explicitly. Tags link to the SILME standards reference (March 2026 edition); element numbers and titles below are quoted from that data.

Element 3.5 Element 3.6 Element 3.4 Element 4.5

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, participants will be able to:

• Define mistreatment and recognize its forms
• Describe reporting and response systems
• Practice bystander intervention in teaching settings

Module outline

1. What the data say about mistreatment in medical education
2. Forms: mistreatment vs. rigorous teaching
3. Reporting systems students trust (and why most don't)
4. Bystander skills for faculty
5. Monitoring and closing the loop

Discussion prompts

• Why do students at your school hesitate to report?
• How is learning-environment data shared back?

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